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>> reporter: warnings for president obama romney's closing the gap. the latest poll, reuters has them tied, gallup has him up by 2 and q has them up by 4. >> reporter: we were talking about polls in the battleground state. it also looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn? >> tracie pots for us in washington. tracie, thank you. >>> a 70-year-old man has become the first person in florida to die from the meningitis outbreak. that brings the death toll to 12. now two lawmakers say they'll write legislation giving the fda more power over specialty pharmacies like the one believed to be at the center of the outbreak. >>> we have an update this morning on that 14-year-old pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban for blogging. the senior neurosurgeon tells nbc news the girl was operated on today but remains in critical condition. however, he is optimistic about her recovery. she was air lifted to a military hospital after being attacked while on a school bus in the swat valley
>> reporter: warnings for president obama romney's closing the gap. the latest poll, reuters has them tied, gallup has him up by 2 and q has them up by 4. >> reporter: we were talking about polls in the battleground state. it also looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn? >> tracie pots for us in washington. tracie, thank you. >>> a 70-year-old man has become the first person in florida to...
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>> reporter: warnings of trouble now for president obama romney's closing the gap. the latest poll, reuters has them tied, gallup has romney up by 2, pew has him up by 4. it's not just ohio which you mentioned earlier. new polls now in pennsylvania and michigan show they may not be as sure of a bet for president obama as originally thought. lynn? >> tracie potts in washington, thanks. >>> elsewhere a 70-year-old man has become the first person in florida to die from the meningitis outbreak. that brings the death toll nationwide to 12 at least 119 people in ten states have been affected. now two lawmakers say they'll write legislation giving the fda more power over specialty pharmacies like the one believed to be at the center of the outbreak. >>> we have an update this morning on that 14-year-old pakistani girl shot in the head by the taliban for blogging. the senior neurosurgeon tells nbc news the girl was operated on today but remains in critical condition. however, he is optimistic about her recovery. she was air lifted to a military hospital after being attacked
>> reporter: warnings of trouble now for president obama romney's closing the gap. the latest poll, reuters has them tied, gallup has romney up by 2, pew has him up by 4. it's not just ohio which you mentioned earlier. new polls now in pennsylvania and michigan show they may not be as sure of a bet for president obama as originally thought. lynn? >> tracie potts in washington, thanks. >>> elsewhere a 70-year-old man has become the first person in florida to die from the...
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. >> reporter: the obama campaign jumped on the comment, writing, we know where he stands on a woman's right to choose, pointing to last comments made in 2007. >> so i would like to see roev wade, where people themselves have the ability to put in pro-life legislation. >> reporter: today in ohio, romney was pressed to clarify. >> i think i said time and again, i'm a pro life candidate and will be a pro life president. >> reporter: meanwhile, president obama talked about his lackluster performance. >> it is fair to say i was too polite. >> reporter: bill clinton mocked romney in las vegas monday. >> i had a different reaction to the first debate than a lot of people did. i mean, i thought wow. here is old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? i don't have that tax plan i had for the last two years. you going to believe me or your lying eyes here now, come on. >> reporter: but 69-year-old joe biden, and paul ryan, younger, with no experience in such a debate, recalling differences in the matchup. they recalled sarah palin in the 2008 prep. >> instead of it being risky that joe biden is mor
. >> reporter: the obama campaign jumped on the comment, writing, we know where he stands on a woman's right to choose, pointing to last comments made in 2007. >> so i would like to see roev wade, where people themselves have the ability to put in pro-life legislation. >> reporter: today in ohio, romney was pressed to clarify. >> i think i said time and again, i'm a pro life candidate and will be a pro life president. >> reporter: meanwhile, president obama talked...
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>> reporter: warnings of trouble now for president obama, romney's closing the gap. the latest polls, reuters has them tied. gallup has romney up by two. pew has him up by four. and we were talking about the polls in the balgtd ground states. it also now looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn. >> all right, thanks. last night on the rachel maddow show, nate silver talks about just how close the candidates are in the polls. >> the whole good month that obama had in september between the convention and the 47% tape, you're now seeing the race as close as it's been all year. i'm a little skeptical that it's actually tied based on the fact that obama still seems to on have a lead in the majority of swing state polls. but romney, who a week or two ago go looked like his campaign might be dead in the water, now is very, very close. maybe the debate was the october surprise, although it wouldn't be the first time that a challenger did really well in the first televised debate. >> every night rach
>> reporter: warnings of trouble now for president obama, romney's closing the gap. the latest polls, reuters has them tied. gallup has romney up by two. pew has him up by four. and we were talking about the polls in the balgtd ground states. it also now looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn. >> all right, thanks. last night on the rachel maddow show, nate silver talks about just how close the candidates...
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lou: a watch dog group is out with an explosive report, that preside obama's campaign may be accepting illegal donations through its web site. fox news correspondent shannon breen live in washington with the story. reporter: a new report shines a spotlight on a old problem for the campaign. in 2008, washington post ran a article outlining a number of problem with president obama's campaign donations, iluding absence of security barriers on web sites, something that campaign aides acknowledges that could allow foreign andther illegal donations to slip through the crack, fast forward to 2012, not a lot has changed. the campaign's web site has a store section you can buy things like t-shirts that requis a security code fro your credit card. that is not the case on the section of the campaign web site used to take in the donations. >> if you look at last monthly statement filed by this campaign with federal election they relationshipped millions of dollars in donation with no zip code or just 4 of 5 digits that is clear and affirmative evidence they are not using a robust security system o
lou: a watch dog group is out with an explosive report, that preside obama's campaign may be accepting illegal donations through its web site. fox news correspondent shannon breen live in washington with the story. reporter: a new report shines a spotlight on a old problem for the campaign. in 2008, washington post ran a article outlining a number of problem with president obama's campaign donations, iluding absence of security barriers on web sites, something that campaign aides acknowledges...
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the obama campaign tried to remind people of another character that came up in the debate. romney said the cuts he would make to bring down the deficit, pbs. >> criminals, glutens of greed. and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> reporter: "sesame street" asking the campaign not to use the ad, saying they don't endorse candidates. will.i.am, warming up the crowd with a familiar theme song. ♪ can you tell me how to get >> elmo's making a run for the border. he's going to bring the hammer down on "sesame street." >> reporter: the president, right here in ohio, at the same time, governor romney is, underscoring how crucial this state will be. no republican has won the white house without ohio. we learned that governor romney will spend four days this week alone, right here in ohio. david muir, abc news, ohio. >>> tomorrow, of course, it is the candidates for vice president who will meet face-to-face. and our own martha raddatz will moderate that debate. abc will be carrying it live. it kicks off at 9:00 p.m. eastern
the obama campaign tried to remind people of another character that came up in the debate. romney said the cuts he would make to bring down the deficit, pbs. >> criminals, glutens of greed. and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> reporter: "sesame street" asking the campaign not to use the ad, saying they don't endorse candidates. will.i.am, warming up the crowd with a familiar theme song. ♪ can you tell me...
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report said he didn't. but you can't get the obama campaign off the word lie orr ty sugar-coat the word. yet the administration -- i mean deliberately went out with this cover story on youtube, when the state department said, don't blame us, we didn't do it. the intelligence community's saying we didn't do it. they send the ambassador from the u.n -- jay carnet and president -- you know... lie? >> is that a lie? >> when the state department's career bureaucracy takes on a leftist democratic administration and tries to separate itself from a liberal white house, you know the white house has got a big problem. and i think the testimony tomorrow is going to be very damaging for the administration, whether it was a flatout coverup that involved outright deception or ideology. >> greta: how can it be a mistake with the state department saying we didn't do it -- >> they don't believe it. >> greta: how can you say it was oh, i just thought it was, if you have the state department coming out saying, no, we didn't.
report said he didn't. but you can't get the obama campaign off the word lie orr ty sugar-coat the word. yet the administration -- i mean deliberately went out with this cover story on youtube, when the state department said, don't blame us, we didn't do it. the intelligence community's saying we didn't do it. they send the ambassador from the u.n -- jay carnet and president -- you know... lie? >> is that a lie? >> when the state department's career bureaucracy takes on a leftist...
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and president obama keeps saying this -- >> al-qaeda's on the run, and bin laden is no more. >> reporter: is al-qaeda really on itseels? what's the president not telling us. weekly standard senior editor is here with the answers. also, chinassues its strongest stement yet to the congressional report blasting chinese companies as a security threat. ll that start a trade war with the u.s.? we're on the case next on "the willis report." gerri: how bad things are in gerri: well,hen yotalk about the bottom line, there's a few things more telling than your income. what are you making? is it more than a year ago? less than a year ago? it's a measuring stick that everybody uses, but for amerans around the country, income is not a good news story. we are worse off than four years o when the president assumed office, assuming you were employed at all. median incomes tanked, 8% fall in four years. swing states across the country, the news is the same, that is. lookt ohio where both candidates are campaigning today. incomes ll from $5051 to $45749 in just four years. now, the good news, unemployment
and president obama keeps saying this -- >> al-qaeda's on the run, and bin laden is no more. >> reporter: is al-qaeda really on itseels? what's the president not telling us. weekly standard senior editor is here with the answers. also, chinassues its strongest stement yet to the congressional report blasting chinese companies as a security threat. ll that start a trade war with the u.s.? we're on the case next on "the willis report." gerri: how bad things are in gerri:...
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that reward came directly from the obama administration, which gave shell the green light to start drilling. shell declined our request for an interview. but told us in an e-mail, the debate on whether to evaluate arctic energy resources is over. we are now focused on safe execution. but greenpeace says it's time to draw a line in the ice. they vow not to stop until all arctic drilling is banned permanently. >> you drill for oil, it's utter madness. >> reporter: earlier this year, activists disrupted operations on a russian rig for five days, despite being pummeled by a water canon. but in the fight against shell, greenpeace is trying a different approach, science. they invited us to tagalong. it's a bumpy ride to their research hub 40 miles offshore. if you fall in this water, you could easily die within just three minutes. we're welcomed aboard "the esperanza," greenpeace's ship. and life onboard is what you might expect. tofu for lunch, a serious recycling program and an eclectic crew from all over the world, who dedicate their lives to the cause. >> in this remote, unforgiving environme
that reward came directly from the obama administration, which gave shell the green light to start drilling. shell declined our request for an interview. but told us in an e-mail, the debate on whether to evaluate arctic energy resources is over. we are now focused on safe execution. but greenpeace says it's time to draw a line in the ice. they vow not to stop until all arctic drilling is banned permanently. >> you drill for oil, it's utter madness. >> reporter: earlier this year,...
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reporter not exactly miss objectivity. she called clint eastwood's republican convention performance odd ball, unquote. she also wrote a very pro-pbs piece, but failed to cite government subsidies to that network. the former chairman of the board of the associated press, william dean singleton, last april introduced president obama at the annual a.p. lunch onby saying, quote, the president inherited the head winds of the worst economic recession since the great depression. he pushed through congress the biggest economic recovery plan in history, and on and on and on. a glowing introduction. now the a.p. is one of the largest news wire services in the world. and it's biased against mitt romney. i think that's true, beyond a reasonable doubt. local newspapers all over the usa carry a.p. photos and articles every day. that's a huge advantage for president obama. and perhaps the best example of what the national media has become in america. the obama campaign believes governor romney made a big mistake by saying he would stop
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here's paul ryan defending president obama. >> no. if you take a look at the gun laws, i don't think even president obama is proposing more gun laws. we have good gun laws. we have to make sure we enforce our laws. >> oops. not supposed to say that. the president is not proposing any new gun laws. in fact, the president has been widely criticized for expanding gun rights to allow guns in national parks and amtrak trains. ryan usually lies about the president's intentions. he said the president's history in his party lead me to be concerned about what he would be like in a second term. ryan's been selling the nra's conspiracy theory for years. he happily campaigns with people like wayne laughair who thinks the president is one election away from shutting down every gun shop in this country. >> if president obama is reelected, we'll see an anti-freedom rampage in this country like we have never seen before. >> a rampage. the nra is repeating this story in their new campaign ad. they are spending more than $1 million on air time. the ad
here's paul ryan defending president obama. >> no. if you take a look at the gun laws, i don't think even president obama is proposing more gun laws. we have good gun laws. we have to make sure we enforce our laws. >> oops. not supposed to say that. the president is not proposing any new gun laws. in fact, the president has been widely criticized for expanding gun rights to allow guns in national parks and amtrak trains. ryan usually lies about the president's intentions. he said...
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. >> reporter: for its part, the obama campaign is trying to make a punch line out of romney's call to end federal subsidies to public broadcasting. now the subject of this mocking new ad. >> one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> reporter: in ohio today, romney tried to turn the president's policies into his own punch lines. >> these are tough times, with real serious issues, so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving big bird. >> reporter: and brian, one other note from today's poll, one in eight ohioans said they could still change their minds before november. >> peter alexander in the crucial state of ohio starting off our coverage tonight. thanks. >>> meanwhile, we are just two days away from biden versus ryan and the next debate this time for the vice president and the man running to replace him. both teams spent today preparing. nbc's ron mott traveling with the republican candidate, paul ryan. >> today congressman paul ryan sparred again with his debate partner inside this flo
. >> reporter: for its part, the obama campaign is trying to make a punch line out of romney's call to end federal subsidies to public broadcasting. now the subject of this mocking new ad. >> one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> reporter: in ohio today, romney tried to turn the president's policies into his own punch lines. >> these are tough times, with real serious issues, so you have to scratch...
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within hours of the attacks obama officials received numerous intelligence reports indicating the attacks were organized and al qaeda was involved. given occasions intercepted between al qaeda and libyan militants bragging about the attack. every sign pointed to terrorism. but for two long weeks obama and his team blamed a video. why? for political reasons. it was in obama's interests to not portray attacks as terrorism on the anniversary of the september 11th. intelligence was there. clear signs of terrorists but politics came forth. the evidence is mounting and more questions arise what. did this president know? and when? >> what is more important? big bird or lies this was a spontaneous attack on our consulate that murdered four people? and they were the ones responsible, then, telling the american people this is due to an internet movie trailer released in july. and joining me now with reaction fox news political analyst juan williams and author of the "great destroyer". i want to play the president here. this is in last kampb yain, think about this. big bird? big bird, elmo, big bird
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"the willis report" is on. speak to a new report shows how much obamacare will cost just iiplement the new rules and regulation. and someone is not telling the truth about mitt romney's tax plan. president obama and harvey rosen the professor is here tonight to set the record and in the president straight. welcome to "the willis report." gerri: hello, everybody, tonight, we began with the with the supreme court where nations justices take on one of the hottest issues out there. abigail fisher and university of texas for rejecting her for being white. joining me now, the former federal prosecutor and kelly stand on, a constitutional law attorney. welcome to you both. fred, i'm going to start with you. you might think that the court should rule in favor of the university of texas, which is fighting to keep these racial preferences. why is that? >> well, i'm not advocating one decision or another. if you look at supreme court questioning going back to 2000 and three race can be a factor in determining admission. i
"the willis report" is on. speak to a new report shows how much obamacare will cost just iiplement the new rules and regulation. and someone is not telling the truth about mitt romney's tax plan. president obama and harvey rosen the professor is here tonight to set the record and in the president straight. welcome to "the willis report." gerri: hello, everybody, tonight, we began with the with the supreme court where nations justices take on one of the hottest issues out...
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. >> tonight, there are reports out of chicago that fear is now gripping the obama campaign headquarters in the wake of last week's disastrous debate. top advisers to the president's re-election effort are rumored to be considering a major staff shake-up as romney's impressive surge continues and panic sets in and david axelrod and stef new cutter are frantically searching for answers. not even their left-wing friends can avoid covering this high drama. >> what do you hear about the cold hand of fear grabbing chicago? >> well, it is and, look, whenever there is a bad moment in a campaign, then suddenly fingers begin pointing. so there is what is going on with the debate prep? how come that didn't go well? some of that is natural, you know, somebody who was part of it wanting to make sure they don't take full blame. so there is a little bit of that. i think you are going to see, internally, they never like to show that anything has changed. nothing rocks the boat over there. but i am hearing chatter that there are maybe people from the last compain -- cam pape getting more involved, at le
. >> tonight, there are reports out of chicago that fear is now gripping the obama campaign headquarters in the wake of last week's disastrous debate. top advisers to the president's re-election effort are rumored to be considering a major staff shake-up as romney's impressive surge continues and panic sets in and david axelrod and stef new cutter are frantically searching for answers. not even their left-wing friends can avoid covering this high drama. >> what do you hear about the...
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>> reporter: no, he's talking about the combined impacts of obama care and taxes. and he says he's already, quote, taxed to death, despite his own good fortune. and he said that he just doesn't want to fight those combined pressures of new taxes in obama care. he said, look, i'm going to call it a day if i get tax increases and obama care. >> all right. very good. thanks to cnbc's robert frank. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "kudlow," is there a romney landslide? the republican candidate pulls ahead of obama in the presidential race. mitt's pushing hard to peel back supporters from the president. and new numbers out tonight shows he's got obama on the run. all that is next up. [ horn honks ] hey, it's sandra -- from accounting. peter. i can see that you're busy... but you were gonna help us crunch the numbers for accounts receivable today. i mean i know that this is important. well, both are important. let's be clear. they are but this is important too. [ man ] the receivables. [ male announcer ] michelin knows it's better for xerox to help manage th
>> reporter: no, he's talking about the combined impacts of obama care and taxes. and he says he's already, quote, taxed to death, despite his own good fortune. and he said that he just doesn't want to fight those combined pressures of new taxes in obama care. he said, look, i'm going to call it a day if i get tax increases and obama care. >> all right. very good. thanks to cnbc's robert frank. appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "kudlow," is there...
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>> reporter: really is que stdny'ebate. president obama made a central focus of the campaign. "wall street journal" out with an editorial out, big bird, small president. pointing out that "sesame street" has assets of $289 million. and iseavinv he a pteeq do ie asi heampaign trail governor romney sgesting he is a little surprised that president obama couldn't fd something more important to talk about. >> time like this for the president to get up and say, as he has ov thest cuonaigdh is kind of a strange thing in my view because see i'm focused on helping the american people get good jobs and brighter prospects. [applause] >> reporter: today's event, wnllti natural gas come pros source. this was started in a fellow's basement with investment of 10,000. now employs 1200 people. it is real example of romney campaign would point tas uiry eso cs j energized an been enthusiastic according to the reports in ohio on the ground that is a perhaps a the presidential nominee and supporters are sensing momentum may be moving in theiren. ohenb pma wke tlen thi, not distortions, not negativ
>> reporter: really is que stdny'ebate. president obama made a central focus of the campaign. "wall street journal" out with an editorial out, big bird, small president. pointing out that "sesame street" has assets of $289 million. and iseavinv he a pteeq do ie asi heampaign trail governor romney sgesting he is a little surprised that president obama couldn't fd something more important to talk about. >> time like this for the president to get up and say, as he...
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president obama holds a 73-21% lead over mitt romney among latino voters. that's up from the 65-26 advantage he held six weeks ago. >> latino's will decide the election in colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. >> because? >> because in a very close election latino voters tend to decide which way to vote. it happened in 2000 with president george w. bush in florida and it's going to happen again this year. >> there was a report from the pew hispanic center a few days ago saying a record 24 million, 24 million latinos are eligible to vote. >> right. >> but their turnout rate has consistently lagged behind whites and blacks. >> not that much. the latino decision polls are usually very accurate because they're polling specifically latino voters, registered voters and the unthus see amp level was very low. in the last poll it had increased to 82%. >> that's understandable. >> romney? >> no, we're getting a little bit closer to the election. people are paying more attention to the election. when you see the polls and try to understand why the numbers are so
president obama holds a 73-21% lead over mitt romney among latino voters. that's up from the 65-26 advantage he held six weeks ago. >> latino's will decide the election in colorado, nevada, north carolina, florida. >> because? >> because in a very close election latino voters tend to decide which way to vote. it happened in 2000 with president george w. bush in florida and it's going to happen again this year. >> there was a report from the pew hispanic center a few days...
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yet as lesley stahl reported in october 2011, when president obama was looking for someone to help get americans back to work, he recruited a most unlikely candidate: the republican ceo of general electric, jeff immelt. >> the mood is dark. people are pissed. why not try to do better? >> jeff immelt talked about his czarship at a gathering of g.e. managers. >> you know, i grew up in cincinnati, ohio, and my parents are really right-wingers. my dad watches, like, five or six hours of fox news every day and stuff like that. so i called home and said, "hey, just to give you a heads-up, you know, i'm gonna be with the president, and he's asked me to lead this jobs council." and my mother said, "well, you said no, of course, didn't you?" [laughing] i said, "no, mom, that's not what i said." [cheers and applause] thank you. >> when you were chosen, there was a lot of criticism. >> yeah. >> i saw a headline that said, "the job czar from hell." >> mm-hmm. >> because of how many jobs g.e. has outside the united states. >> i've taken heat from the right and heat from the left, and it's been unco
yet as lesley stahl reported in october 2011, when president obama was looking for someone to help get americans back to work, he recruited a most unlikely candidate: the republican ceo of general electric, jeff immelt. >> the mood is dark. people are pissed. why not try to do better? >> jeff immelt talked about his czarship at a gathering of g.e. managers. >> you know, i grew up in cincinnati, ohio, and my parents are really right-wingers. my dad watches, like, five or six...
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>> back to "hardball," last month's jobs report showed the country's unemployment rate had dropped to 7.8%. instead of acknowledging the positive news, jack welch led a group of lesser lights saying the numbers must have been manipulated by the obama administration and that the unemployment rate couldn't really be below 8%. jon stewart weighed in. >> it's got to be corrupt political manipulation of the official statistics. what else would explain why after unemployment has been steadily declining for the last year that now suddenly right before the election it declines a little more? please. >> a lot of people are saying that the government's cooking the books here. >> i'll tell you these guys are saying they feel like they cooked the books. >> look, i got to say, if you're cooking the books, 7.8% unemployment is a [ bleep ] recipe. it's like the radish stew of jobless numbers. if you're cooking, make a nice jambalaya, something nice for people. unemployment is 2.6%. >> enough said. with the election just weeks away, positive news about the economy ignites desperation among angry repu
>> back to "hardball," last month's jobs report showed the country's unemployment rate had dropped to 7.8%. instead of acknowledging the positive news, jack welch led a group of lesser lights saying the numbers must have been manipulated by the obama administration and that the unemployment rate couldn't really be below 8%. jon stewart weighed in. >> it's got to be corrupt political manipulation of the official statistics. what else would explain why after unemployment has...
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on that basis you get rid of obama care. that's the first one. there are others, planned parenthood, we'll get rid of that. >> okay. there he is, romney chose a vp, by the way, paul ryan, who co-sponsored a, quote, personhood bill. with congressman todd akin aboard. that personhood bill basically guarantees if not the criminalization of abortion, something close to it. the republican platform is out of date. it calls for a human life amendment to the constitution to, quote, make clear the 14th amendment's protections apply to unborn children. unborn children at the age of a couple seconds have the right to property. romney has a right to support a supreme court justice, here's what he wants. >> hope to appoint justices to the supreme court that will follow the law and the constitution and it would be my preference that they reverse roe v. wade, therefore they return to the people and their elected representatives the decisions with regards to this important issue. >> cecile richards, as an expert and advocate, what do we make of this complete div
on that basis you get rid of obama care. that's the first one. there are others, planned parenthood, we'll get rid of that. >> okay. there he is, romney chose a vp, by the way, paul ryan, who co-sponsored a, quote, personhood bill. with congressman todd akin aboard. that personhood bill basically guarantees if not the criminalization of abortion, something close to it. the republican platform is out of date. it calls for a human life amendment to the constitution to, quote, make clear the...
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if i were the romney/ryan campaign i would probably try to trash that reporter too. but that wasn't all that happened here. >> if you take a look at the gun laws we have, i don't think president obama is proposing more gun laws. we have strong gun laws. >> that's news too. it's especially news in light of the fact that it the nra is currently running these ads in a bunch of swing states. it's a huge ad buy too. they say chipping away at your right, chipping away at your freedom. now they are attacking our second amendment rights. you can stop them right now. defend freedom. defeat obama. that's what the ads say. but then there's paul ryan, the republican vice presidential nominee saying president obama is not proposing any attack on gun rights. he's not proposing anymore gun laws. that's true. the only gun-related changes in law we have had from president obama have been expansions of gun rights. but the republicans are not supposed to admit that. not when the nra is running this scary ad campaign saying otherwise. and not when the republicans own candidate has a gun
if i were the romney/ryan campaign i would probably try to trash that reporter too. but that wasn't all that happened here. >> if you take a look at the gun laws we have, i don't think president obama is proposing more gun laws. we have strong gun laws. >> that's news too. it's especially news in light of the fact that it the nra is currently running these ads in a bunch of swing states. it's a huge ad buy too. they say chipping away at your right, chipping away at your freedom. now...